Hydrocarbon-burner.



PATBNTBD AUG. 27, 1907.

I. F; ZIMMERMAN. HYDROGARBON BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 29, 19015*- IRA EZIMMERMAN, F COFFEYVlLLE, KANSAS.

HYDnooARBoNUnNnR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 2'?, 1907.

. Appscaen med December 29, v1905. seau No. 293,824.

1 To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, InaF. ZXMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States, and 'a resident oi Coffeyville, Montgomery county, Kansas', have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners, oi which 'the following is a specification containing a'lull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, orxhing a part hereof.

M y invention relates to a hydrocarbon burner, ol the type usually employed in boiler .furnaces and the like. The object of my invention is to provide a simple inexpensive construction that may be readily applied, to all iurna'ces, and which is so arranged as lto very thor-- roughly rnix and comming-le the hydrocarbon with A furtherobject of my invention is to provide a burner With, adjustable devices whereby the flow of air ,and the hydrocarbon can be very easily and accurately' vregulateu'lg so as to insure a proper mixture in order to ob- L perfect combustion v To the above' purposes, my invention consists oi cen i' 'taininovelfeatures of const-ructionandl arrangement oi parts, which be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed outin` niy clauns,and illustrated in the acceui- .A Y rjtical section taken through the fire box of boiler iurnace, and showing one of niy irnproved burners applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through the banter olone of my improved hydrocarbon burners; Fig. 3 a vertical section taken onthe line .3T-3 of Fig. f3; Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line il-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. is a Vperspective view oan adjustable burnorhead that l make use of in carrying out my invention; Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken through the center ol a modifiedA forni of the burner and the'air tube in which the same is located.

Referring byf numeralsto the accompanying drawings: l indicates the front Wall oi aboiler setting, 2 the fire box,3 the boiler, and 4: the checker work that forms the rear Wall Aof the fire box, and which is arranged above the .bridge tvall oi' the boiler setting. These parts are oi ordinary Well known construction, and form no part of my invention, it being understood that my improvedlourneify :can beapplied to any luruace Where y it is desired to use gas asa fuel. l

located in the front Wall l ofthe boiler furnace is an air'pipe 5. This pipe is preferably straight, and of the same diameter throughout its length, although it may be tapered, (as seen n' Fig.' 6,') 'with the small end discharging into the fire box.

Located -in the diametrical center of the tube 5, and

extendinglongitudinally therein is a tube 6, which conveys the oil or gas through the air tube into the lire box.

This tube 6 is supported centrally Within the air tube 5 by means of a suitable bracket 7 that is detachably fixed Within the tube 5 adjacent its outer end.

Located upon the tube 6 and arranged to slide there on is a dish 8 which is of such a size as that it will readily close the outer end of the air tube 5 when it is moved to a position against said outer end.

The outer end of the tube 6 is seated in an elbow 9 tov which. is connected a pipe 1() that leads from. an oil or gas supply pipe 11, and a valve l2 controls the flow of oil or gas through said pipe 10.

Rigidly fixed on. the inner end ol the tube 6 is a short tubular head 13, the Vend oi which terminates adjacent the inner end of the air tube 5, and arranged to slide in the outer end oi said tubular head is a cylindrical thimble 14 provided on its outer end with an integral disk lo, which is of the saine diameter as is the tubular head 13. Formed through the tubular thimble 14, adjacent this disk 15, is a circular row of apertures 16.

Extending longitudinally through the center o the tube 6 is a rod 17, the outer end .ol which is seated in the center of the diskl. The opposite end oi this rod 17 is screw threaded, as indicated by 18, and said vscrew threaded end passes-through a bearing 19 formed inte-. l

gral with the elbow 9; and located upon the extreme outer end of said rod an operating handle 20. Thus,

when the rod 17 is rotated by manipulating the handle4 y ln the modifiedl construction seen in liig. 6, the hr adv 13 is dispensed with, and the thirnble lll operates in the forward end of the tube 6. y

ln the use of my improved hydrocarbon burner., the oil or gas from the supply pipe 11, under pressurdpasses upwardly through the tube- 10, through the tube 6, and discharges therefrom through the apertures 16 in the thirnble 14, said apertures being so arranged asvto discharge the jetsoi oil or gas at approximately right an gles to the air flowing. through the tube 5. This action very thoroughly mixes and conuningles the hydrocar bon with the air before it discharges from 'the inner end of the air tube 5 into the combustion chamber By manipulating the hand wheel 20, the thiinble 14 can be moved longitudinally in the head 13 to open' orclose the Openings 16, thus very accurately regulating the-disu .charge of hydrocarbon, vThe inlet of air through the tube 5 is regulated by adjusting the disk to and from the construction'the 4thimble 14 is adjustable in the end of the-hydrocarbon pipe 6.

In my improved hydrocarbon burner, both the air and gas supplies cen-be very 'accurately regulated independent of one 'another from the exterior of the furnace,

and the hydrocarbon is discharged in a series of jets at right angles to the ingoing nir so as to be perfectly mixed and coinrniugled therewith previous to its reaching its point of combustion. The burner can be applied to all kinds of furnaces, und een be positioned at :my con! and cheaply replaced should they become broken or inoperative Wliile in use. i y I I claimzn-A 'ihe combination' with n furnace' of nn onen endedI nir iuhe 'ux-ranged in the front wnli of Suid furnace, a. hydro- .25 cnr-hon tube extending,r into the uiii'uhe, means arranged on the interior of ille :nir iuhe for supporting thel hydrocurhou ruhe in the ccnier thereof, u disk urrunged i0 slide on the hydrocarbon tube in front yof the uir tube und to close the opening thereinto, tubular means arranged at the 30 inner end of the hydrocurbon tuhe und' provided with n4 row o1 perfor-ations for ldischarginlx.: hydrocurhon inl` jets upproximnteiy nt right angles 'to the direction of truvei of :iir through the nir tube, und nnudjusting rod passing through the hydrocurhon tube and connected to the tub u- 5' iur mennsht the inner end of the hydrocarbon tube Ior xldjustng the sume to vary the degree of opening of the apertures through which the hydrocarbon discharges.

in testimonir whereof, 1 huve signed my nume tdthie speeiiicuilon, iu presence' of two subscribing witnesses;

IRA F. ZIMIVIERMAN.

Witnesses;

liMuzr ZniMrumAN, .L Simmern). 

